Nocturne in A minor. This piece is borrowed from the composer's ballet suite Promenade as a balancing companion-piece to the "Nocturne" in Book I of this set. It is a melancholic pas de deux with a passionate middle section and a peaceful recapitulation.

Pastorale. This is based on a two-bar modal melody and its flowering into a brief cadenza-like passage. A rhapsodic middle section is followed by a return to a version of the opening tune with its note-order reversed.

Seashore. Palm Beach, Waiheke Island, on a summer's day. The waves swell and break and there are periods of comparitive calm when the sea ripples and sparkles.

The Darkening. Sunset on a Waiheke summer's day. The bush, with its many shades of green, deepens into ominous darkness.

A Legend. Based on two phrases, this piece tells the story of a far-off northern land.

Poltergeist. A hectic scherzo, sometimes playful, sometimes mischeivious. It stamps its foot loudly and vanishes.